quote: Original post by Moot

I now want to add some weapons and want a kind of "glowing energy" look for them, like the laserbeams or proton torpedoes in Star Wars.

Does anyone know the best way of achieving this in POV? It''s that fuzzy, anti-aliased ''glow'' around a bright centre that I want.

quote: Original post by Moot

Thanks, pwd, I''ll check it out.

Does anyone here use POV? If anyone has a .pov file they can send me or post here showing this kind of effect I''d really appreciate it. I know I''m being lazy, but I''m spending my time coding the game engine at the moment.

camera {        location <0,10,-10>        look_at <0,0,0>}union{sphere{        <0,0,0>, 1         /*scale prior to media for a more sparse system*/               hollow        texture        {                pigment {color rgbf 1}        }        interior        {                media                {                        //emission 0.2                        // equivalent to ambient                                                scattering {2, 1/*color*/}                        // the first number is a ''magic'' number, either 2 or 3                        // looks ok, 1 and 5 can also be used                        density                        {                                spherical                                color_map                                {                                        [0.0 rgb <0,0.0,0>]                                        [0.5 rgb <1,0,0>]                                        [0.8 rgb <0,0.8,0>]                                        [1.0 rgb <1,1,1>]                                }                        }                }        }        scale 1  }//include our own light source light_source{        <0, 0, 0>        color rgb<1,0.5,0>        media_attenuation on        fade_distance 1        fade_power 2}        translate <0,0,0>}plane {y, -10 hollow        texture{pigment{color rgb <0.5,0.5,0.5>}}}